11 Months

I can't believe today marks 11 months since Dayson was born. We waited so long for him to arrive and now it's just flying by. Our little boy is in a hurry to catch up with his sister and so hasn't wanted to stay a baby for long. Here are some of the latest highlights of the past month.

Am I really this old??

• Dayson, you now weigh 20lbs. 2oz. Didn't get the chance to measure your length yet.
• When you wear disposable diapers, you're in a size 3. Clothing size is mostly 12 month stuff now.
• You love to eat! This past week you must have gone through a growth spurt as you were eating everything you could get your hands on. A typical meal would include two jars of baby food, some crackers, a cheese stick and what ever you could get off of mommy or daddy's plate.
• Your favorite snacks right now are any fruit flavored puffs, wagon wheels and fish crackers.
• You still do NOT like to travel. We recently made the trip to Umatilla twice to meet up with Papa and Grammy so that Iyana could spend a week with them. Each way is about a four hour drive. Once again you exercised your lung power (which is getting quite loud). Any toy we gave you immediately went over the side of your car seat in anger and by the end of one of the drives, you were constantly signing 'please' so that we would let you out. Loved that you were asking nicely but felt bad that we couldn't let you out in the car.

• You are walking everywhere and now trying to run! You finally figured out your balance now that your ears have cleared up and haven't slowed down since. Well, not that you ever have slowed down, but now you're really taking off.
• You've also learned how to stand up on your own. You still prefer to find something to pull yourself up on, but more and more we're seeing you just get up where ever you're standing.
• You are becoming more and more strong willed. At times it's very frustrating for mommy and daddy, but I know that as long as we teach you right, it will come to great use as you get older.
• Speaking of strong willed, you have learned to protest (quite loudly again) if something doesn't go your way or if you don't get what you want.
• I have a feeling that we have a Mr. Fix it on our hands. We had a chair the wasn't put together recently and you kept going over and trying to figure out the screws. Once I started putting it together, you were right there 'helping' me. After giving you the screw driver, you knew exactly where to put it, just couldn't figure out how to twist it.
• Separation anxiety has definitely hit. Occasionally you will stay in the nursery at church without one of us having to be in there. Last week, you clung to the wall (while I was in the nursery with you) and just cried. It took me sitting on the floor with you to get you to calm down. This last Sunday went much better though. You only fussed for a little bit.

I can't believe that in one more month you're going to be a year old. Dayson, you have been such a blessing in all of our lives. Looking forward to what all God will be doing in your life as you get older.